Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2007-3719

The process scheduler in the Linux kernel 2.6.16 gives preference to "interactive" processes that perform voluntary sleeps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), as described in "Secretly Monopolizing the CPU Without Superuser Privileges."

EPSS: 0.003 (23.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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